Outreach Christian Ministry

by Julie Branstetter, Th.B.

Elm City, Nc

Welcome to my ministry blog. I graduated seminary at Nashville Theological Seminary in 2008, where I received my Bachelor of Theology. My outreach ministry beyond my local church is Kingdom Covenant Ministries. KCM was chartered in 2008 through the National Association of Christian Ministers. My husband and I are currently participating in the Church of God Callings and Ministries Studies Program. My husband and I have ministered worship, preached and taught the gospel in churches and other places. My family worships with a beautiful congregation at Farmington Heights Church in Wilson, NC. We help with worship and small groups there. KCM is a Christ focused, teaching and evangelizing ministry. We receive donations regularly to help national and international missions. Various brothers and sisters in ministry in other countries have already received support including Kenya, India, Pakistan, Canada, Israel and also various places within the United States.

"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has
been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who
waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who
plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be
rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s
service; you are God’s field, God’s building." - Paul of Tarsus, 1 Cor
3:6-9

Paul is telling the Corinthians to be
careful not to follow or exalt those who had led them to the Lord but
know that it was the Lord who worked with them to bring it to pass. On
the flip side of this, we are all called to make disciples and lead the
lost to Christ. Have you ever stopped for a moment to think about what a
blessing it is to be co-workers with God? Who is God that He would
allow me to work with Him? He has need of nothing and yet He desires us
to do this great work with Him. He is all powerful, yet He limits
Himself to allow us to partake in the work. He is the perfect parent.
We see glimpses of that type of parent in the mom who could cook dinner
much better and much quicker, yet she allows her children to take twice
as long and make twice as much of a mess so they can be included and
grow and learn to cook. Or the father who, while fixing the car, could
focus much better with a clip on light that never moves, but instead He
allows his child to stand and hold the flashlight everywhere but on the
spot He really needs to see just so his child can spend time with him
and hopefully learn to do some thing on their own. God is doing this
great work and He has called me over to help Him. He has called you
over to help Him. Does He need our help, no. Does He want it, yes! He
actually wants us to do this with Him. Is not the very call to
ministry a great display of love? Immanuel! God is with us, because
that is where HE wants to be. "Let us walk worthy of the calling..."
it's the only reasonable response we could give back to Him.

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John 3:1 "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"